End-gate



(No Model.)

G. H. JOHNSON.

END GATE.

No. 470,197. Patented Mar. 8, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE GEORGE I-I. JOHNSON, OF JAMAICA, IOWA.

EN D-GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 470,197, dated March 8, 1892.

Application filed October 12, 1891. Serial No. 408,521. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Jamaica, in the county of Guthrie and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvement in End-Gates, of which the following is a specification.

My improvement relates to the end-gate shown and described in my application for Letters Patent, Serial No. 402,709, filed August 15, 1891.

My present primary object is to produce an improved locking device for the end-gate when in a closed position and my invention consists in theconstruction and combination of the various parts which constitute the locking device, as hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is aperspective view of the end por tion of a wagon-box with an end-gate hinged thereto and closed and locked with my improved locking device. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same, showing the end-gate open and in position as required for use as a shovelingboard.

Referring to the aforesaid drawings, the letter A is used to designate the wagon-box, and B the end-gate, which is of common form and hinged to the box in the following mannor:

0 represents clips fixed to the lower portion and rear face of the end-gate and connected by an integral rod 0 running parallel with the under edge of the same and its ends extended'beyond the said clips. D also represents clips detachably connected to the wagonbox and each is provided at its rear end with an eye or loop D adapted to receive the ends of the rod 0 thereby securing a strong, durable, and detachable hinged connection between the end-gate and wagon-box.

The elbow-joint used-to support the endgate in a horizontal position dilfers from that shown in my former application in that the arm F, pivoted to the end-gate, has an outward bend F in its approximate center, and the arm H, pivoted to the Wagon box is extended some distance beyond the pivotal point. This free end of the arm is designated by the symbol H and the said bend in the arm F is required to allow the rear ends of end-gate and provided with an outward bend I at its central portion and with a hook k at the top in juxtaposition to the ends of the bolts J The practical operation of my invention is as follows: The end-gate being hinged to the wagon-box, as described, and the locking and supporting device attached thereto, as set forth, it will be seen that the end-gate will be firmly supported in an approximately horizontal position, as required, to adapt it for use as a shoveling-board when open, as shown in Fig. 2, and the extension H of the arm H will be interposed between the clip K and the end-gate when it is closed and admit the outer ends of the bolts J 2 to be inserted between the hook K and the extension H as required, to prevent the latter from moving upward, thereby securely locking the end-gate to wagonbox.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

- 1. In a wagon end-gate having a hinged connection with a wagon-box, the combination of a lever fulcrumed to the rear of the end-gate, bolts pivoted to the said lever on opposite sides of its fulcrum and extended in diverse directions therefrom, a clip fixed to each side of the end-gate, bent outward at its central portion, and provided with a hook at its top, two arms on each side of the wagon, pivoted to each other at their meeting ends, the one pivoted to the end-gate and the other to the wagon-bed, so as to support the end-gate in an approximately horizontal position when opened, and an extension on the end of the gate, substantially in the manner set forth, for I the purposes stated.

2. An improved wagon end-gate fastenlng device consisting of a lever fulcrnined to the each pivoted atone of its ends to the end porrear of the end-gate with two rods or bolts extion of an end-gate an d the otherportion of each tending therefrom in opposite directions and jointed brace pivoted to the outside surface 20 pivoted to the lever on different sides of its of the side and rear portion of a wagon-box,

5 fulcrum, a clip fixed to eaehside of the 'endmetal bars fixed to the ends of the end-gate gate, two arms on each side of the wagon pivand bent outward at their top portions to overotally connected with each other, the one bent lap the free ends of the jointed braces when in its central portion and connected with the the end-gate is closed and provided with hooks 25 end-gate and the other pivoted in its approxi at their extremities that project rearward,

[O mate center to the wagon-bed, so that its free sliding bolts in bearings fixed to the rear face end will pass between the said clip and the of the end-gate and adapted to engage the said end-gate when closed, and means whereby hooks, in the manner set forth, for the purthe said arms may be retained therein by the poses stated.

said bolts, substantially as shown and de- GEORGE II. JOHNSON. I5 scribed. Witnesses:

3. A wagon end-gate fastening and locking CHARLES RANTS,

device comprising two jointed arms orbraces, A. G. EDMAND. 

